EP3439366A1 - Kommunikationssteuerungsverfahren und kommunikationssteuerungssystem - Google Patents

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EP3439366A1
EP3439366A1 EP17774058.6A EP17774058A EP3439366A1 EP 3439366 A1 EP3439366 A1 EP 3439366A1 EP 17774058 A EP17774058 A EP 17774058A EP 3439366 A1 EP3439366 A1 EP 3439366A1
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Takuya Shimojou
Atsushi Minokuchi
Tomoki SHIBAHARA
Masayoshi Shimizu
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  • the invention relates to a communication control method and a communication system.
  • Non Patent Literature 1 describes that when certain user equipment (UE) has requested change of a tracking area, a mobility management entity (MME) identifies a serving gateway (SGW) corresponding to a tracking area of a movement destination of the UE with reference to information indicating tracking areas corresponding to SGWs.
  • MME mobility management entity
  • control plane which is a path for transmitting a control signal for a communication service used by a terminal
  • user plane an SGW corresponding to a user plane
  • Non Patent Literature 1 is "3GPP TS 23.401".
  • an MME cannot identify a tracking area corresponding to the user plane and thus may not be able to be appropriately connected to a new tracking area.
  • an objective of the invention is to provide a communication control method and a communication system that can appropriately change a tracking area even in a situation in which a control plane and a user plane are separated.
  • a communication control method is a communication control method which is performed by a communication system, the communication control method including: an acquisition step of acquiring correlation information in which a second device corresponding to a first device that transmits and receives a control signal for a communication service used by a terminal using a control plane which is a path for transmitting the control signal and which transmits and receives a user signal for a communication service using a user plane which is a path for transmitting the user signal, and a tracking area of the second device are correlated with each other; a determination step of determining the second device corresponding to a tracking area of a movement destination of the terminal with reference to the correlation information acquired in the acquisition step; and a connection request step of issuing a request for connection between the second device determined in the determination step and a base station.
  • a communication system is a communication system including: acquisition means that acquires correlation information in which a second device corresponding to a first device that transmits and receives a control signal for a communication service used by a terminal using a control plane which is a path for transmitting the control signal and which transmits and receives a user signal for a communication service using a user plane which is a path for transmitting the user signal, and a tracking area of the second device are correlated with each other; determination means that determines the second device corresponding to a tracking area of a movement destination of the terminal with reference to the correlation information acquired by the acquisition means; and connection request means that issues a request for connection between the second device determined by the determination means and a base station.
  • the correlation information in which the second device and the tracking area of the second device are correlated with each other is acquired, and the second device corresponding to the tracking area of the movement destination of the terminal is determined with reference to the correlation information, it is possible to appropriately change a tracking area even in a situation in which a control plane and a user plane are separated.
  • the determination step may be performed on the basis of a paging response. In this case, it is possible to appropriately change a tracking area depending on paging.
  • the determination step may be performed after a tracking area change request has been received from the base station. In this case, even when a tracking area update request has been received, it is possible to appropriately change a tracking area.
  • the connection request step may include: issuing a request for connection between the second device corresponding to a tracking area before the terminal moves and the second device determined in the determination step, before issuing a request for connection between the second device and the base station; and transmitting buffered data from the second device corresponding to the tracking area before the movement to the determined second device, after the connection has been set up.
  • the second device corresponding to the tracking area before the terminal moves stores downlink data
  • the second device corresponding to the tracking area before the terminal moves and the second device determined in the determination step can be connected to each other, and thus it is possible to transmit the downlink data to the second device corresponding to the terminal, after movement.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • This communication system includes a mobility management entity (MME) 10, an eNB 20, an SGW-C 30, a PGW-C 40, an SGW-U 50 (an SGW-U 50A and an SGW-U 50B), a PGW-U 60, and a user equipment (UE) 70.
  • MME mobility management entity
  • eNB Serving GPRS Support Node
  • SGW-U 50 an SGW-U 50A and an SGW-U 50B
  • PGW-U 60 a user equipment
  • UE 70 user equipment
  • Identifiers are set in the SGW-U 50A and the SGW-U 50B.
  • the identifier of the SGW-U 50A is "SGW-U1" and the identifier of the SGW-U 50B is "SGW-U2.”
  • the MME 10 is a device that connects the SGW-U 50 corresponding to a tracking area of the UE 70, and the eNB 20 with change of the tracking area.
  • the MME is a unit that performs location management and authentication control of UEs 70 located in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network and a process of setting a communication path of user data between the SGW-U 50 and the eNB 20.
  • the MME 10 also performs a process of setting a path of control data in the SGW-C 30.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • the eNB 20 is a radio base station that is connected to the MME 10 and is a device that has a radio access control function.
  • the eNB 20 has a reception control function when a call is transmitted from one UE 70, and a paging function of calling one UE 70 when a call is transmitted from another UE 70 to the corresponding UE 70, as basic functions.
  • the eNB 20 stores an address of the MME 10 and notifies the address of a paging response and a tracking area update request when the paging response and the tracking area update request have been received from the UE 70.
  • the SGW-C 30 is a packet switching device compatible with LTE, and transmits and receives a control signal which is used to provide a communication service used by the UE 70 to and from a packet data network gateway (PGW) by using a control plane which is a path for transmitting the control signal.
  • PGW packet data network gateway
  • the SGW-C 30 may be provided to correspond to requirements of a plurality of communication services.
  • the SGW-C 30 manages one or more SGW-Us 50.
  • the PGW-C 40 is a junction with a packet data network (PDN) and is a gateway that performs allocation of IP addresses and transmission of packets to the SGW-C 30. That is, the PGW-C 40 is connected to the SGW-C 30 and transmits and receives a control signal to and from the SGW-C 30.
  • the PGW-C 40 may be provided to correspond to requirements of a plurality of communication services.
  • the SGW-U 50 is a packet switching device compatible with LTE and transmits and receives a user signal which is used to provide a communication service used by the UE 70 to and from a PGW by using a user plane which is a path for transmitting the user signal.
  • the SGW-U 50 may be provided to correspond to requirements of a plurality of communication services.
  • the SGW-U 50 assumes one or more tracking areas as its service area.
  • the PGW-U 60 is a junction with the PDN and is a gateway that performs allocation of IP addresses and transmission of packets to the SGW-Us 50. That is, the PGW-U 60 is connected to the SGW-Us 50 and transmits and receives a user signal to and from the SGW-C 30.
  • the PGW-U 60 may be provided to correspond to requirements of a plurality of communication services.
  • the UE 70 such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal can be communicatively connected to the communication system to communicate therewith.
  • the UE 70 stores information indicating a plurality of communication services which can be used by the UE and transmits the information to the eNB 20.
  • a communication service is a service using communications, such as transmission of a moving image and vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Network requirements for the services are different from each other.
  • the UE 10 stores service types which are information indicating the network requirements as information indicating the communication services.
  • a list of tracking areas is allocated to the UE 70.
  • a plurality of eNBs 20 are associated with a single tracking area and a plurality of SGW-Us 50 are associated with a single SGW-C 30.
  • the eNBs 20 belonging to the same service area may be connected to different SGW-Us 50.
  • the MME 10 includes a request receiving unit 11, a storage unit 12, an information acquiring unit 13, and a connection control unit 14 (connection request means).
  • the request receiving unit 11 is a unit that receives various requests. Specifically, the request receiving unit 11 receives a tracking area update request from the eNB 20, receives a paging request from the SGW-C 30, or receives a response to the paging request from the eNB 20.
  • the request receiving unit 11 also receives an identifier of the UE 70 from the eNB 20 or the SGW-C 30.
  • the request receiving unit 11 also receives information of the eNB 20 (an identifier of the eNB 20).
  • the request receiving unit 11 sends the identifier of the UE 70 and the tracking area of the UE 70 to the information acquiring unit 13.
  • the request receiving unit 11 sends the identifier of the UE 70 to the connection control unit 14.
  • the storage unit 12 stores information (first information) in which the identifiers of the eNBs 20 and the identifiers of the tracking areas are correlated with each other, and information (second information) in which the identifiers of the UEs 70 and the identifiers of the tracking areas are correlated with each other.
  • the information acquiring unit 13 is a unit that acquires information of the SGW-Us 50 having a tracking area to which the UE 70 newly belongs as a service area for the SGW-C 30.
  • FIG. 3 A relationship between the tracking areas and the service area is illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • the service area of the SGW-U 50A is an area AR1
  • the service area of the SGW-U 50B is an area AR2.
  • An area AR3 listed in a TA list is allocated to the UE 70.
  • the MME 10 acquires information of the SGW-U 50 having the tracking area to which the UE 70 belongs as a service area, from the SGW-C 30. Accordingly, as illustrated in FIG. 3 , when the UE 70 moves to a service area of another SGW-U 50, the MME 10 can appropriately identify the SGW-U 50 corresponding to the UE 70.
  • the information acquiring unit 13 acquires the identifier of the UE 70 and the identifier of the eNB 20, from the request receiving unit 11.
  • the information acquiring unit 13 identifies the identifier of the tracking area corresponding to the identifier of the eNB 20 with reference to the first information stored in the storage unit 12. In this way, the information acquiring unit 13 identifies the tracking area in which the UE 70 is located.
  • the information acquiring unit 13 transmits the identifier of the identified tracking area to the SGW-C 30 and requests transmission of information of the SGW-U 50 having the tracking area to which the UE 70 belongs as a service area.
  • the information acquiring unit 13 transmits the identifier of the SGW-U 50 to a domain name system (DNS).
  • DNS domain name system
  • the DNS stores information in which identifiers of the SGW-Us 50 and IP addresses of the SGW-Us 50 are correlated with each other.
  • the DNS identifies an IP address corresponding to the identifier of the SGW-U 50 with reference to the stored information, and transmits the IP address to the MME 10.
  • the information acquiring unit 13 sends the IP address to the connection control unit 14.
  • the connection control unit 14 is a unit that performs various connection processes. When a paging request is received from the SGW-C 30, the connection control unit 14 performs paging to the eNBs 20. When the IP address is received from the information acquiring unit 13, the connection control unit 14 correlates the IP address with a TEID, and requests connection to the SGW-U 50 having the IP address.
  • the SGW-C 30 includes a request receiving unit 31, a storage unit 32 (acquisition means), and a retrieval unit 33 (determination means).
  • the request receiving unit 31 is a unit that receives various requests. Specifically, the request receiving unit 31 receives an identifier of UE 70 and a paging request from an SGW-U 50, or receives a tracking area and a request for transmission of an SGW-U 50 corresponding to the tracking area from the MME 10. When a paging request is received from an SGW-U 50, the request receiving unit 31 transmits the identifier of the UE 70 and the paging request to the MME 10 in response thereto.
  • the request receiving unit 31 When a tracking area is received from the MME 10 and a request for transmission of an SGW-U 50 corresponding to the tracking area is received, the request receiving unit 31 sends information of the tracking area to the retrieval unit 33.
  • the request receiving unit 31 acquires an SGW-U 50 retrieved by the retrieval unit 33 from the retrieval unit 33, and transmits information of the SGW-U 50 to the MME 10.
  • the storage unit 32 is a unit that stores information (correlation information) in which SGW-Us 50 and tracking areas are correlated with each other.
  • the storage unit 32 acquires and stores the correlation information in advance. Specifically, the storage unit 32 stores information in which identifiers of the SGW-Us 50 and identifiers of the tracking areas are correlated with each other, as illustrated in FIG. 4 .
  • the retrieval unit 33 is a unit that retrieves an SGW-U 50 corresponding to the information of the tracking area (the tracking area of the movement destination of the UE 70) received from the MME 10 with reference to the information stored in the storage unit 32.
  • the retrieval unit 33 retrieves the identifier of the SGW-U 50 corresponding to the tracking area with reference to the information stored in the storage unit 32.
  • the retrieval unit 33 sends the identifier of the SGW-U 50 to the request receiving unit 31.
  • the MME 10 and the SGW-C 30 are configured as computer systems each including one or more CPUs 101, a RAM 102 and a ROM 103 which are main storage devices, a communication module 104 (a transmitter or a receiver) which is a data transmitting/receiving device, an auxiliary storage device 105 (memory) such as a hard disk or a flash memory, an input device 106 such as a touch panel and a keyboard as an input unit, and an output device 107 such as a display as illustrated in FIG. 5 .
  • the communication module 104, the input device 106, and the output device 107 are operated under the control of the CPU 101 by causing the CPU 101 illustrated in FIG. 5 to read predetermined computer software into hardware such as the RAM 102, and various functions of the devices are realized by reading and writing data from and to the RAM 102 and the auxiliary storage device 105.
  • all or some of the functions may be performed by constructing a dedicated integrated circuit (IC).
  • the functions may be performed by constructing a dedicated integrated circuit for performing image processing or communication control.
  • software can be widely construed to refer to commands, a command set, codes, code segments, program codes, a program, a sub program, a software module, an application, a software application, a software package, a routine, a sub routine, an object, an executable file, an execution thread, an order, a function, or the like.
  • Software, a command, and the like may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium.
  • a transmission medium For example, when software is transmitted from a web site, a server, or another remote source using wired technology such as a coaxial cable, an optical fiber cable, a twisted-pair wire, or a digital subscriber line (DSL) and/or wireless technology such as infrared rays, radio waves, or microwaves, the wired technology and/or the wireless technology are included in the definition of the transmission medium.
  • wired technology such as a coaxial cable, an optical fiber cable, a twisted-pair wire, or a digital subscriber line (DSL) and/or wireless technology such as infrared rays, radio waves, or microwaves
  • FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating a process routine of changing an SGW-U 50 from the SGW-U 50A to the SGW-U 50B in response to a tracking area update request.
  • FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating a process routine of changing an SGW-U 50 from the SGW-U 50A to the SGW-U 50B in response to a paging request.
  • the storage unit 32 of the SGW-C 30 acquires correlation information in advance (an acquisition step).
  • a tracking area update request (TAU request) is transmitted via the eNB 20 (Steps S1 and S2).
  • the information acquiring unit 13 of the MME 10 identifies a tracking area corresponding to the identifier of the eNB 20 acquired from the eNB 20, transmits information of the tracking area to the SGW-C 30, and transmits a request for transmission of an SGW-U 50 corresponding to the tracking area thereto (Step S3).
  • the retrieval unit 33 retrieves the identifier of the SGW-U 50 corresponding to the tracking area with reference to the information in the storage unit 32 (Step S4: a determination step).
  • the request receiving unit 31 transmits the identifier of the SGW-U 50 retrieved by the retrieval unit 33 to the MME 10 (Step S4).
  • the information acquiring unit 13 acquires the identifier of the SGW-U 50 from the SGW-C 30, transmits the identifier of the SGW-U 50 to the DNS, and acquires an IP address of the SGW-U 50 from the DNS.
  • the connection control unit 14 correlates the IP address with a TEID and requests the eNB 20 to be connected to the SGW-U 50B (Step S5: a connection request step).
  • the eNB 20 sets up a bearer with the SGW-U 50B as a result. Accordingly, uplink data is transmitted from the UE 70 to the PGW-U 60 (Step S6).
  • the connection control unit 14 correlates the TEID with the IP address of the eNB 20 stored in advance and requests the SGW-U 50B to be connected to the eNB 20 (Step S7).
  • the SGW-U 50B sets up a bearer with the eNB 20 and downlink data is transmitted (Step S8).
  • Step S11 downlink data to the UE 70 is transmitted to the SGW-U 50A via the PGW-C 40 or the PGW-U 60 (Step S11). Since the UE 70 is in the idle mode, the SGW-U 50A determines that downlink data cannot be transmitted and buffers the downlink data (Step S12).
  • the SGW-U 50A transmits the identifier of the UE 70 as a destination, and transmits a paging request to the MME 10 via the SGW-C 30 (Steps S13 and S14).
  • the connection control unit 14 of the MME 10 transmits the received identifier of the UE 70 to the eNB 20 and performs paging (Steps S15 and S16).
  • the corresponding UE 70 receives a paging request and transmits a response thereto via the eNB 20 (Steps S16 and S17).
  • the connection control unit 14 After uplink data is transmitted in Step S21, the connection control unit 14 correlates the IP address of the SGW-U 50B with a TEID and requests the SGW-U 50A to be connected to the SGW-U 50B (Step S22). The connection control unit 14 correlates the IP address of the SGW-U 50A with a TEID and requests the SGW-U 50B to be connected to the SGW-U 50A (Step S23). In this way, the connection control unit 14 transmits a request for connection between the SGW-U 50A corresponding to the tracking area to which the UE 70 belongs before it moves (for example, before it becomes an idle mode) and the SGW-U 50B corresponding to the tracking area to which the UE 70 belongs after it moves.
  • downlink data is transmitted from the SGW-U 50A to the UE 70 via the SGW-U 50B (Step S24).
  • the SGW-U 50A transmits downlink data buffered therein to the SGW-U 50B.
  • the SGW-C 30 acquires correlation information in advance and retrieves an SGW-U 50 corresponding to a tracking area of a movement destination of the UE 70 with reference to the correlation information.
  • the MME 10 transmits a request for connection between the SGW-U 50 retrieved by the SGW-C 30 and the eNB 20. In this way, since the correlation information in which the SGW-Us 50 and the tracking areas are correlated with each other is stored, it is possible to appropriately change a tracking area even in a situation in which a control plane and a user plane are separated.
  • the SGW-C 30 retrieves the SGW-U 50 corresponding to the tracking area of the movement destination of the UE 70. In this case, it is possible to appropriately change a tracking area depending on the paging.
  • the SGW-C 30 retrieves the SGW-U 50 corresponding to the tracking area of the movement destination of the UE 70. In this case, it is possible to appropriately change a tracking area in response to the tracking area change request.
  • the connection control unit 14 of the MME 10 requests the SGW-U 50A corresponding to the tracking area to which the UE 70 belongs before it moves, to be connected to the SGW-U 50B. After the connection has been set up, buffering data is transmitted from the SGW-U 50A to the SGW-U 50B. In this way, even when the SGW-U 50A buffers downlink data, the MME 10 can transmit the downlink data to the SGW-U 50B.
  • the storage unit 32 of the SGW-C 30 stores the correlation information
  • the MME 10 may store the correlation information.
  • correlation information in which the SGW-C 30, an SGW-U 50 managed by the SGW-C 30 and the tracking areas of the service area of the SGW-U 50 are correlated is considered to be stored.
  • Information described in this specification may be expressed using one of various different techniques.
  • data, an instruction, a command, information, a signal, a bit, a symbol, and a chip which can be mentioned in the overall description may be expressed by a voltage, a current, an electromagnetic wave, a magnetic field or magnetic particles, a photo field or photons, or an arbitrary combination thereof.
  • the term “determination” as used in this specification may include various types of operations.
  • the term “determination” encompasses calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (for example, looking up in a table, a database, or another data structure), and ascertaining.
  • the term, “determination,” encompasses receiving (for example, receiving information) and accessing (for example, accessing data in a memory).
  • the term “determination” encompasses resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, and comparing.
  • Transmission of predetermined information is not limited to explicit transmission, and may be performed by implicit transmission (for example, the predetermined information is not transmitted).
  • any reference to elements having names such as “first” and “second” which are used in this specification does not generally limit amounts or an order of the elements. The terms can be conveniently used to distinguish two or more elements in this specification. Accordingly, reference to first and second elements does not mean that only two elements are employed or that the first element has to precede the second element in any form.
  • system and "network” are used synonymously in this specification.
  • Radio resources may be indicated by indices.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A LTE-advanced
  • SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced
  • 4G 5G
  • future radio access FAA
  • W-CDMA registered trademark
  • GSM registered trademark
  • CDMA2000 ultra mobile broadband
  • UMB ultra mobile broadband
  • IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
  • IEEE 802.16 WiMAX
  • IEEE 802.20 ultra-wideband
  • UWB ultra-wideband
  • Bluetooth registered trademark
  • the input or output information or the like may be stored in a specific place (for example, a memory) or may be managed in a management table.
  • the input or output information or the like may be overwritten, updated, or added to.
  • the output information or the like may be deleted.
  • the input information or the like may be deleted.
  • the input information or the like may be transmitted to another device.
  • 10 MME; 11: request receiving unit; 12: storage unit; 13: information acquiring unit; 14: connection control unit; 20: eNB (base station); 30: SGW-C (first device); 31: request receiving unit; 32: storage unit; 33: retrieval unit; 40: PGW-C; 50: SGW-U (second device); 60: PGW-U; 70: UE (terminal).

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